Sales Manager - Industrial Applications

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000

Bonus: Annual bonus up to 30% of your salary.

Benefits: 33days holiday, pension contribution, hybrid work, company car. 

Location: Nationwide (Field based role). 

Overview

My client is seeking an experienced and commercially focused Sales Manager to join their Industrial Applications division. This is a field-based, standalone sales role, with responsibility for developing new business opportunities while managing a portfolio of existing key accounts across the UK and Ireland.

The successful candidate will have experience within the industrial chemicals sector and possess a strong understanding of industrial applications, particularly lubrication, greases and HI&I markets. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing SME with ambitious expansion plans and play a key role in its continued success.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate and secure new business opportunities, with approximately 70% of the role focused on business development and 30% dedicated to managing existing key accounts.



• Build long-term relationships with customers across a variety of industrial markets.



• Identify new opportunities for specialist raw materials within industrial applications.



• Manage your own sales territory independently while delivering against agreed KPIs.



• Maintain an active pipeline of qualified opportunities to support future business growth.



• Achieve customer engagement and sales activity targets.



• Travel throughout the UK and Ireland as required, with occasional visits to the head office in Kent.

Candidate Requirements

Essential

• Previous experience in a technical sales or business development role within industrial chemicals or related markets.



• Knowledge or awareness of one or more of the following sectors:



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  • Lubrication
  
  
  
  • Greases
  
  
  
  • HI&I (Household, Industrial & Institutional)
  
  
  
  



• An understanding of these markets is highly desirable.



• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify and develop new business opportunities.



• Self-motivated and capable of managing a nationwide territory independently.



• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.



• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable

• Experience selling specialist chemical raw materials or additives.



• Existing relationships within the industrial applications market.



• Experience working with distributors, manufacturers or formulators within the industrial chemicals sector.

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